Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi

Star Dou Great Forest.

"Seven Treasures Turn Out Glazed!"

"The Seven Treasures are renowned; first: Strength!"

Ning Rongrong naturally recited the soul incantation, and a brilliant seven-colored light immediately blessed Ye Buqun.

Ye Buqun immediately felt his Soul Power surge, his body filling with strength.

Because they were hunting a strength-type soul beast, Ning Rongrong's First Soul Skill could increase a Soul Master's strength by ten percent. Furthermore, she would gain another ten percent bonus with every soul ring she acquired. In other words, once she became a Title Douluo, the boost would reach ninety percent—nearly double.

It was an extremely impressive support effect.

Ye Buqun nodded. "Not bad at all. It seems our efforts weren't in vain."

At this, gratitude filled Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes. "It was mainly your effort. I only landed the final blow. Thank you so much. By the way, are you from the Clear Sky Sect? Your surname should be Tang, right? I still don't know your name."

"I'm not from the Clear Sky Sect. My surname is Ye, like the leaf. My name is Buqun, as in buqun."

Ning Rongrong covered her mouth and giggled. "Buqun as in buqun? What kind of explanation is that?"

Ye Buqun did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Let's hurry and find your father. Otherwise, he'll definitely be worried."

"Right!" Ning Rongrong slapped her forehead, then cupped her hands around her mouth, preparing to call out, but hesitated.

Ye Buqun asked, "What's wrong?"

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue. "If I shout loudly, won't I attract powerful soul beasts? I've already encountered two ten-thousand-year soul beasts today. I-I'm scared."

Ye Buqun smiled. "Just shout. I'm here."

Right, this young man had flattened the Ten-Thousand-Year Chameleon into a meat patty with one strike. With such strength beside her, what was there to fear?

"Dad! Grandpa Bone! Where are you? Rongrong is here!" After hesitating for a moment, Ning Rongrong finally shouted.

She called out again and again. No people came, but she finally did attract a soul beast.

Before it even arrived, a powerful gust of wind pressure bore down on the two of them.

This aura was no weaker than that of the Ten-Thousand-Year Chameleon from earlier.

Ning Rongrong, a little Soul Master who had only just passed level ten, trembled all over in fright.

Then, the sound of thunderous roars and howling winds rang through the forest, as though it would tear their eardrums apart.

As the saying went: tigers ride the wind, dragons ride the clouds.

A ferocious tiger, over two meters at the shoulder and more than seven meters long, its entire body purple and bearing two sharp saber fangs, landed before them.

It was a tiger-type soul beast more than twenty thousand years old!

The Giant Tiger bared its fangs, letting out low, rumbling huffs as thick strands of drool dripped to the ground.

Frightened, Ning Rongrong wrapped her arms around Ye Buqun from behind, not even daring to look at it.

Yet Ye Buqun smiled. "A little kitty dares to act up before me?"

As if it understood him, the Giant Tiger let out another deafening roar, swung its blade-like claws, and pounced.

"Seven Treasures Turn Out Glazed. The Seven Treasures are renowned; third: Soul!"

"Fifth Soul Skill: Bone Ascending Dragon Strike!"

Before Ye Buqun could make a move, two figures had already flashed forward. A massive dragon formed from bones erupted from the ground, letting out a long cry into the air. The Bone Dragon's sharp head ram directly pierced through the Giant Tiger!

Of the two men, one appeared refined and elegant. In his hand was a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda identical to Ning Rongrong's, while seven soul rings rose and fell beneath his feet. The other had shriveled skin and muscles, with deeply sunken eye sockets. There was barely any flesh on his body, and his clothes seemed to be held up almost entirely by his skeleton. Though ugly in appearance, he had a full nine soul rings beneath his feet!

Only then did Ning Rongrong poke her little head out from behind Ye Buqun to look. Then she ran over and threw herself into the ugly man's arms.

"Grandpa Bone, Dad, you finally came! Rongrong was scared to death!"

That was right. One of them was Ning Rongrong's father, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi. The other was one of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two guardian Douluo, Bone Douluo, Gu Rong!

Gu Rong's nine soul rings were yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—the standard configuration.

His martial soul, the Bone Dragon, possessed both agility and defense attributes.

After killing the Giant Tiger, Gu Rong withdrew his martial soul and soul rings. The imposing fighting spirit he had displayed moments ago was completely gone, replaced by a face full of guilt as he stroked Ning Rongrong's little head. "Rongrong, I'm so sorry. Grandpa Bone was useless. I nearly let you—"

Ning Fengzhi sighed in relief, but his heart was filled with lingering fear. "Uncle Bone, this can't all be blamed on you. I failed as a father. If anything had happened to Rongrong, I truly wouldn't know how to go on living. By the way, who is this little brother?"

By now, Ning Rongrong had finally calmed down. She went over and directly linked her arm through Ye Buqun's. "When you weren't around, he was the one who saved me. Not only that, he even helped me obtain my first soul ring."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi hurried forward and was about to bow. "This little brother saved Rongrong, making him the great benefactor of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Please accept Ning Fengzhi's bow."

Ye Buqun quickly stopped him. "Sect Master Ning, you're too courteous. I merely happened to pass by and lent a hand."

Bone Douluo also gave a slight bow. "No matter what, you saved our Rongrong. Gu Rong is deeply grateful as well."

Ning Fengzhi added, "Since Rongrong has successfully obtained her first soul ring, Ning Fengzhi sincerely invites you to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Please do not refuse."

At that moment, the system's mechanical voice rang out beside Ye Buqun's ear once more.

Mission: Go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and battle Sword Douluo.

Completing the mission will raise the level of any one replicated character by one level.

Seeing Ye Buqun seemingly hesitate, Ning Rongrong tugged on his arm and gently swayed it, saying sweetly, "Brother Buqun, come with us. I'll take you to meet Grandpa Sword. He's a very formidable person."

That was exactly the mission he had received, so Ye Buqun naturally did not refuse—

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

As one of the great upper three sects, it was like a small city-state. It even had a massive Training Ground that appeared somewhat spacious and empty. Quite a few disciples were sparring and cultivating within it, and its scale was in no way inferior to that of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"You old fool, how could you be so careless? If anything had happened to Rongrong, I'd chop your old bones to pieces!"

After returning to the sect, they met another elderly man who looked immortal and righteous. Upon hearing what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest, the old man flew into a rage and loudly berated Gu Rong.

He rarely lost his temper, but this time, he truly seemed furious—